Releases from artist / Veröffentlichungen von : Y-Bayani

roots-reggae sensation coming out of ghana

in ghana to see a vulture means bad luck. and thats what happened to y-bayani. the long sought after remix by henrik schwarz will drop on vinyl, alongside a beatless version, exclusive to the 12inch

this time y-bayani has support from the great voice of baby naa. baby naa was just hanging out at the studio in accra/ghana when the recordings of rehwe mie enyim took place. the crew was waiting desperately for a singer to back up y-bayani. after an hour of waiting the producer, knowing that she sings at church every sunday, asked baby naa to do the missing part. then something occurred that nobody was expecting and finally everybody was happy that the original singer hadn t made it. rehwe mie enyim is a unique example of how roots-reggae can sound today. maybe it will be the very last recorded real roots-reggae song in human history? on mi sumolo the band of enlightment, reason and love gives us a light and cheerful instrumental every dj must have for his late night wedding set or any other high-class party.

y-bayani is ghana s uprising fanti-reggae artist. he was discovered by philophon in ebo taylor s hometown saltpond, where he survived as a clock doctor. with his song asembi ara amba he was featured on the highly acclaimed debut invisible joy by the polyversal souls. the success of that song opened the door for his first release under his sonorous own name: y-bayani. get away is a swinging up-tempo beat with a bouncy bass and a haunting vocal performance on top. obar no ni on the other hand brings you down with a slowly driving rub-a-dub beat. both tunes have been produced by max weissenfeldt and stibbo spitzmüller at berlins joy sound studios.